Shenmu – Huanghua Railway

Shenmu-Huanghua

In green the Shenshuo Railway , in red the Shuohuang Railway ,
which together form the Shenmu – Huanghua Railway .

Route length:

815 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

25 kV 50 Hz ~

Maximum slope :

12 ‰

Dual track :

Completely

Legend

		dark color: Shenmu – Huanghua railway line
		light color: other railway lines
		to Baotou ( Baoshen Railway )
		Daliuta coal mine
		Daliuta start of Shenshuo Railway
		Zhugaita
		Yanjiata
		Ziniu (800 m)
		Locomotive depot
		Shenmu North
		China Shenhua Energy
		( Shenmu – Yan'an Railway )
		( Zhunshen Railway )
		after Shenmu
		Huangyang
		Yujialiang Coal Mine
		5.8 km
		Xinchengchuan
		Gushanchuan
		Fugu
		Shaanxi / Shanxi Yellow River
		5.1 km
		Baode Kangjiatan Coal Mine
		Wangjiazhai
		Shendong Hequ power station
		Yinta
		Lijiagou
		Hanjialou
		Sancha
		Hezhi Xiang
		Nanpodi
		from Wuzhai
		Zhuangershang

		Shenchi South
		Shenchi
		Shenshuo Railway Border /
		Shuohuang Railway

		Shanggelao
		Jiugetai
		Guanzhuang
		Shuozhou West
		Shuozhou to Datong ( Tongpu Railway ) end of Shenshuo Railway
		after jingle
		Ningwu West
		Ningwu


		Changliangshan Tunnel (12,782 m)
		Long gong

		Daniudian North
		Yuanping West under construction ( Datong-Xi'an high-speed line )
		from Beijing ( Beijing – Yuanping railway line )
		Yuanping

		Yuanping South
		to Xi'an ( Tongpu Railway )
		Huifeng
		to Xinzhou (to Tongpu Railway)
		Dongye
		Wan South
		(5,204 m)
		(6,369 m)
		Diliudeng
		Shanxi / Hebei
		Houwen
		Xiaojie
		Zhongguyue
		Xibaipo
		to Shijiazhuang
		Sanji
		Lingshou
		Xingtang
		Dasha (1,771 m)
		Quarry
		Xinqu
		Middle route south-north water transfer project
		Dingzhou Power Plant
		Dingzhou West
		to Beijing ( Beijing – Guangzhou railway )
		( Beijing – Hong Kong high-speed line )
		Dingzhou East
		Anguo
		Boye
		Li
		Suning North
		to Beijing ( Beijing – Kowloon Railway )
		Taishizhuang
		Hejian
		Xingbieying
		Liminju
		Qingxian-Cangzhou Viaduct ( Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line )
		(3564 m) Imperial Canal Beijing-Hangzhou
		to Beijing ( Beijing – Shanghai railway line )
		Cangzhou North

		Litianmu

		Huanghua South
		Huangwan Railway to Tianjin Port (Huanghua South – Wanjia Terminal)
		Duanzhuang
		to Handan ( Handan – Huanghua Railway )
		Industrial company
		Yangzhuang
		Bohai West
		Huanghua port
		Huanghua Port South
		Bohai Neu coal terminal

The Shenmu – Huanghua ( Shenhuang , Chinese 神黄铁路 ) railway is an 815 km long freight railway in China that runs from Shenmu in Shanxi via Shenchi to Huanghua on the Gulf of Bohai . It consists of the western section, the Shenshuo Railway and the eastern section of the Shuohuang Railway and is operated by the Shenhua Group , the largest coal miner in China.

The Shenshuo Railway was the first of the two to open on July 1, 1996. It was after the Datong – Qinhuangdao , the Daqin Railway, the second heavy haul railway in China.

Prehistory and construction

The Shenfu Dongsheng coal field, which is the largest in China, is located near the starting point of the route in Shenmu. With 230 billion tons of coal, it comprises about 18-23% of China's estimated reserves. Before the construction of the railway line, only 10 million t per year could be transported over the Baoshen line , which limited production.

In the first phase, a single-track line from Shenmu to Shuoxian was built between 1990 and 1996 , which was supposed to transport 30 million tons of coal per year ( Shenshuo Railway , 266 km long). Electrification was completed in 2000.
The second phase was the construction of a double-track, 588 km long extension to Huanghua ( Shuohuang Railway ). In December 2001 the entire route was opened. By 2003, the Shenmu – Shenchi section had also been expanded to two tracks. In 2006, the Tianjin port was reached by the Huangwan line.

Route description

The 815 km long route has 356 bridges with a total length of 74.3 km and 129 tunnels with a total length of 94 km. Of these, 64 km of bridges and 77 tunnels with a length of 66.4 km are on the Shuohuang route.

expansion

In 2009 it was decided to increase the capacity of the Shuohuang line to 350 million tons per year. From 2010, it was equipped with low-latency LTE train radio on the 1.8 GHz frequency band. This means that several locomotives distributed over the train can be controlled synchronously on a train length of up to 2000 m.

A program has been running since 2011 to increase the axle load on the Shuohuang line from 25 t to 30 t. After tests by the Transportation Technology Center from the USA, all bridges were reinforced in 2013 and 2014. For this part were CFRP plates used.

Ten thousand ton trains have been running on the Shenshuo line since April 2013. Twenty thousand ton trains have also been running on the Shuohuang line since 2014. Three double locomotives are used at the top for traction. In summer 2020, a six-part locomotive based on the HXD1 equipped with Siemens technology was presented, which is to be used on this route.

Transport performance

In 2016, 272 million t of goods were transported on the Shuohuang route (with the Huangwan and Huangda railways) and at least 225 million t of coal on the Shenshuo route.

In 2012 there were 234 million t on the Shuohuang route, with the route operating close to its capacity limit with 115 pairs of trains per day.

In late 2015, Shenhua opened its railroads and ports to competitors as well. Coal handling via the port of Huanghua increased sharply as the transport costs for coal from Jungar via Shenchi are 110 yuan per ton (about 13 € / t) lower than via the Daqin route.